David Staal is the overall director of the children's ministry at WillowCreek. He was the second to last speaker at the conference and spoke about the burdens. He said there are 2 key cornerstones to ministry, without one you'll be wobbly at best and without both you'll fall.
The first cornerstone is: Own a burden. Nehemiah 1:4 says "When Nehemiah heard these things he sat down and wept". When you have a burden you need to remind yourself of it often and when you have one you'll be willing to step up and do whatever it takes to get stuff done...you'll take actions you normally wouldn't take. And most importantly...when you have a burden never give up.
The second cornerstone is: Love each other. Kids will be effected by how you're doing on this. If you want your ministry to be effective you need to get the love each other thing right first. This is what sets us apart from everyone else in the world. To begin, figure out why you love the people you lead.
In ministry it's easy to set our hopes and expectations incredibly low. Do try to just get by? Or do you own a burden?
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